And once again…..they’ve done it!
That’s right. We rolled into North Hollywood, punished them with another mercy-rule victory, and picked up our TWELFTH win of the year….assuring us a winning record. This bumped us to 12-9, and for another couple of days we were still mathematically in the Playoff hunt. That is, until we read the newspapers and learned that Newhall-Saugus had won their 15th game. That ended any chances of us sneaking into that Big Party they call “The Playoffs.”
John Rogers picked up the win on the mound. He threw a five-inning shutout.
North Hollywood had a rough season. They walked six guys, commited seven errors..and we racked up eight hits in the victory. I remember doing the stats after this game and seeing that even if we got shut down in our last game…we were still going to hit .300 as a Team. Pretty impressive. Both times we played these guys we beat ’em 10-0.
I was extremely happy we had guaranteed a winning season with this win. I was beaming. We had fought hard all season. The pitchers were tired. It was pretty much against all odds, but once again……..they’ve done it!!!
Bull picked up two hits this game, Martin two hits, Vic doubled, Weap doubled, Turner singled…..and you guessed it…..HANK even chipped in to keep his end-of-the-season tear alive. What a finish by Hank!!
Our last game was going to be against Sun Valley. They had sewn up a playoff spot, but we all wanted to try and take them out and finish the year on a high note. BullOxen was going to get the start. I couldn’t wait………..
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